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title: "Discussion on \"Mistakes I made while maintaining an open-source React Native library for five years\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Mistakes I made while maintaining an open-source React Native library for five years\". The design decisions and mistakes I made while maintaining React Native Modal — a popular modal component library for React Native."
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# [Mistakes I made while maintaining an open-source React Native library for five years](https://mmazzarolo.hashnode.dev/mistakes-i-made-while-maintaining-an-open-source-react-native-library-for-five-years?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The design decisions and mistakes I made while maintaining React Native Modal — a popular modal component library for React Native.

Aug 24, 2021 · 8 min read · mmazzarolo.hashnode.dev  
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## Written by

[Matteo Mazzarolo](https://hashnode.com/@mmazzarolo)

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[Vivek Nayar](https://hashnode.com/@viveknayar)

[Aug 24, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/mistakes-i-made-while-maintaining-an-open-source-react-native-library-for-five-years/6124ca69b115357df05f3a23/comment/612518e6b115357df05f4493)

Really nice article. ❤

[Joseph Tsegen](https://hashnode.com/@xavier577)

[Aug 24, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/mistakes-i-made-while-maintaining-an-open-source-react-native-library-for-five-years/6124ca69b115357df05f3a23/comment/6125075ab115357df05f419c)

Nice article Matteo you must be an expert if you could deduce the mistakes you made and learned from them. I am New to Hashnode and Programming I wrote my first article a day ago could you please check it out and let me know what you think about [it](https://tsegsxaviers.hashnode.dev/setting-up-a-vanilla-typescript-project-the-right-way)